Lady Knights Fall to Essex County College 2-1 in Overtime

09.28.15

Emma Manosh

Warwick, R.I. – September 28, 2015: The CCRI women’s soccer team hosted the Wolverines
Essex County College from Newark, New Jersey yesterday at the Lincoln Campus soccer
complex. The Lady Knights lost to the Wolverines 2-1.Both teams fought back and forth
in the first half of play with the Lady Knights holding the edge. In the 23rd minute
of play CCRI was awarded a penalty kick as freshman forward Emma Manosh (Warwick,
RI) was fouled in the penalty area. Manosh subsequently scored on Shanay Ricketts
the Essex goalkeeper giving the Lady Knights a 1-0 halftime lead.

As the second half began both teams fought hard back and forth with CCRI dominating
play with many scoring opportunities but could not break through Wolverines’ goalkeeper
Ricketts who held them at bay. However, in the 11th minute of play Essex forward Paula
Viana snuck through the Lady Knights defense and scored knotting the score at 1-1.
CCRI continued to pour on the pressure and as a result they were awarded a second
penalty kick on the afternoon but the Essex goalkeeper Ricketts stopped the shot diving
to her left. The Lady Knights nearly scored on the rebound but they just could not
convert. The teams would finish in regulation time tied at 1-1.

As the teams went to the first 10-minute sudden death overtime period the Lady Knights
seemed to put things in another gear with some very near scoring chances but Ricketts
continued to keep them at bay. Ricketts the former Jamaican 17 and under National
Goalkeeper had an incredible day with 17 saves kept CCRI from the game winner. In
the ninth minute of play Essex’s forward Sherise Hoppins somehow got in between two
CCRI defenders and scored giving Essex County the 2-1 victory.

Head Coach Dennis Grassini commented after the game, “Coach Bannan and I are very
pleased with our team’s effort today. They dominated for most of the game but they
ran into a stone wall with the Essex goalkeeper, Shanay Ricketts and things like that
can happen. We just felt that they deserved a better fate today. They certainly put
in a winning effort.”

The Lady Knights next match is this Wednesday as they travel to Franklin, MA to take
on Region rival Dean College at 4:00pm.

The Community College of Rhode Island, New England’s largest comprehensive community
college, enrolls nearly 18,000 students in credit courses and thousands more in non-credit
and job training classes. Its athletic program boasts 12 varsity programs and an academic
support program for all student-athletes.